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Bookplate: Ralph Prescott Beardslee

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Medium
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Overall: 7.7 x 5 cm (3 1/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Arthur D. Brooks 1920.1320
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A vertically oriented relief print in brown ink on cream paper depicts a rectangular bookplate. Upper left, a fruiting tree rises against a dark ground, its trunk entwined by a banner reading "ALTERIUS NON SIT QUI SUUS ESSE POTEST." At top right, "EX LIBRIS" appears below a smoking pipe, with a thin line descending to an oil lamp. At the bottom, "RALPH PRESCOTT BEARDSLEE" is rendered in bold, capital letters.

Bookplate: Ralph Prescott Beardslee

Date unknown

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